Phase aberration correction in two dimensions with an integrated deformable actuator/transducer

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1366-1375

  Ries, Loriann L ^a   Smith, Stephen W ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORMABILITY; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MEDICAL IMAGING; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS;

ELECTRONIC CORRECTION TECHNIQUES; TWO DIMENSIONAL PHASE ABERRATION CORRECTION;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

EID: 0031276162     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/58.656640     Document Type: Article

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